digital_AM wrote:
kdrk888 wrote
digital_AM wrote
Sunset reflection at midtown Atlanta near Atlantic Station. A security guard told me to leave before I could get some additional long exposure shots for car light trails.
Canon 24mm TSE I wonder why the security guard wanted you to leave, because you were photographing a train station? People photograph the Grand Central in NYC, U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, White House all the time. I would imagine these are in theory more sensitive than a station station in Atlanta... The security guard told me the sidewalk I was standing on was private property. I had to move further up the street. It didn’t make sense to me.
I've argued a number of times with security kicking me off "public" sidewalks. Once, even sheriffs harassed me at a public park in the LA Civic Center (I didn't even have a tripod) because there were criminal courts in the area with entry ways I was seen to have been photographing as I took general pictures of the architecture. Same goes for private property open to public like shopping malls.
The issue became more confrontational after 9/11. Security felt they had a mandate to operate with impunity against and suspicious activity and surveillance. Even hand held "professional" cameras draw immediate attention in large metro areas. People take photos all day with cell phones in these locations, without any interference, so why am I different roaming the open access areas and taking the occasional photo?
Sorry you got hassled!